My Hockey Alpha

Nina

I caught up with the team in the middle of the athletic field. They were stretching for their run. I tried not to look at Enzo as he stretched, because watching his muscular form only made me want him more. Regardless of what Tiffany said about her college love, I still felt hesitant about Enzo with everything that had happened since I met him. Besides, I had to focus on school and work. Now was not the time to be worrying about boys!

The team looked up when I joined them on the athletic field as they stretched. Feeling a bit nervous, I started to stretch, too; most of them seemed P excited that a girl was joining them on their run today — including Justin — but apparently my presence bothered one player. His name was Bryan. “You’re running with us?” he asked, standing up from his stretch.

“I suppose so,” I replied with a sheepish nod.

Bryan frowned and folded his arms across his chest.

“You’re not gonna slow us down, are you? Everyone knows girls can’t run as fast as guys.”

Before I had the chance to respond,

Justin stepped in at the same time and defended me.

“Hey, don’t say that about her!” Justin said, balling his fists up at his sides.

Meanwhile, Enzo simply stormed up to Bryan and glared down at him. Bryan wasn’t a small guy in the slightest, but Enzo still towered over him and made. him look dwarfed.

“How dare you be so rude to our team doctor,” he said, his low voice practically a growl. “Just for that, you can drop and give me fifty push-ups. Right now,”

“Fifty?” Bryan whined.

hundred if you keep up the

and got down on the

Alright,” he continued, “let’s go. Bryan, catch up when you’re done. Maybe you can use this time to think about why you have such a

his pushups, grumbling to himself, as the team started running.

lot of these trails all around campus for students to hike on — and while I was a bit nervous that there could be another shifter out in the woods, Enzo didn’t seem terribly worried about it. His strong demeanor gave me

amount of stamina, leading the group, just like how he ran that day on the treadmill. Back then, I had been confused and astonished at his superhuman capabilities, but now I knew that it was the werewolf in him that gave him so much strength and stamina. Regardless, it was still

like this since high school PE class,

said you would hold us back,” Enzo said, slowing down just a little bit to match my pace so he could run beside me. “You run like a

really been sporty at all. My parents made me play on the junior tennis team for one semester in middle school,

naturally pretty athletic,” Justin suddenly chimed in, running faster to keep up on my other side. I looked over at him and saw him shoot

uncomfortable now as I was sandwiched between two guys who

Matt, called from behind us. “We should race. Nina against…

There was a slight frown on his face, but I could also see

you, Nina,” Enzo said with a

replied, but

“Sort of like old times. Just you and me having fun

trying to get some sort of angle here, but as the rest of the team started chanting for us to race, I felt obligated

conceded, throwing my hands

line in the dirt with his foot, standing behind it poised